- USS Elden (DE-264)
USS "Elden" (DE-264) was an "Evarts"-class short-hull
destroyer escort in the service of theUnited States Navy , named afterRalph Waldo Elden , executive officer of a destroyer lost at Midway1942 ."Elden" (DE-264) was launched
6 April 1943 byBoston Naval Shipyard ,Charlestown, Massachusetts ; sponsored by Mrs. L. K. Elden, wife ofRalph Waldo Elden ; and commissioned4 August 1943 , Lieutenant Commander George F. Adams in command."Elden" (DE-264) operated mainly in the
Pacific Theater of Operations duringWorld War II . Most notably, "Elden" participated inOperation Forager andOperation Detachment . "Elden" earned sixbattle stars and was scrapped in1947 .References
Leach,D. (1987). "Now Hear This", Ohio: The Kent State University Press. ISBN 0-87338-344-3
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